Musical Organizations Contribute To Huron's Cultural Development
National Music Week in Huron highlights the growth of civic music life over the past decade. Churches, choirs, and clubs expanded, with the Methodist choir reaching 60 singers and other groups like the Huron Civic Chorus and nurses chorus active. The Municipal Band faced funding cuts but remains a cornerstone, while films and librarians note rising music interest. The Music Week Committee, chaired by Mrs. Howard T. Shober, summarized these changes in a talk to service clubs.
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Huron
Music Week
Huron Civic Chorus
P.T. A
Elks Chorus
Pierre
Governors Inaugural Hall
Nurses of the
Huron Clinic
Loftus Ward
Cooperative Concerts’ Association
Young Artists Musicale
National Federation of Music Clubs
Huro
Musicians Union
Shwil
Carl Christianson
State College
Hans Christensen
Hu- Ton
Europe
Howard T. Shober
Robert D. Lusk
Scout Camporee Pierre May 9 Start Weekend Activities
Scouts from the district begin a weekend event in Pierre to form a balanced schedule. Anfinson, district leader, will oversee judging duties at the camporee with the band Scouteralt to be judged.
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Pierre
Balan
Laf
Anfinson
Aber
Bishop to Stand Trial in Minnesota Robbery Case
James Bishop of Huron North Dakota will be tried in Minnesota on a robbery charge. North Dakota waived its claim as a more serious Minnesota case is pending. Bishop faces charges for allegedly pulling a gun during a Jordan filling station robbery last Tuesday and for earlier car theft and assault near the Minnesota line.
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Bishop
Minnesota
North Dakota
James Bishop
Huron
Minesota
Shakopee
Minn
Jordan
Richland County
Sham Moe
Wheaton
School Leather
Federal Reserve Eyes Curbs on Installment Sales
The Federal Reserve board says it is prepared to curb installment selling of autos and other consumer goods to curb inflation and protect defense resources. It seeks presidential approval to pursue congressional power to regulate down payments and repayment terms, with autos targeted first due to their large share of financing.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Sean Henderson
Burial Rites Held At Redfield For Mrs U G Johnson
Funeral rites conducted at the Methodist Church in Redfield for Mrs. U G Johnson 78 followed by burial in Greenlawn cemetery. She died Sunday after a stroke left her bedridden since January 21. Born April 3 1864 in New York she moved to Dennison Town as a girl, later home in Redfield since 1908. She taught Sunday School, led the local PE club, chaired the educational loan fund and aided many girls. Surviving: her husband A F Johnson, and children Perry Marshall San Francisco Mrs William Smith San Diego Howard Johnson Chicago Mrs R B Garthune Redfield.
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Retfield
San Francisco
William Smith
San Diego
Howerd Johnson
R. 8. Garthune
Redeld
Young GOP Convenings Set for Aberdeen and Deadwood
South Dakota Young Republican League announces two biennial meetings with chairman F H Cosgrove. East of Missouri River gathering on June 18 in Aberdeen and west gathering on June 20 in Deadwood. Ohio's Gov John W Bricker invited to speak at both events.
Mrs Westfall To Have Job Hearing
Sioux Falls on May 17 a preliminary hearing is set in the case by Irene Westfall seeking to compel the unemployment compensation commission to retain her writs employ. An affidavit of prejudice was filed by Edith Collins Aberdeen against Judge Wall after he set the date, with actions against local manager W T Mall and the state commission members Mrs Collins J W Kave and Giles W Anderson.
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Sioux Falls
Irene Westfall
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Lucius Wall
S. B
Edith) Collins
Aberdeen
Wall
Piraeus Bombing an Omen of Defeat in Greece
Athens dispatch from May 9 describes the April 6 Piraeus harbor bombing that destroyed 21 ships and $10 million of port works. The act, seen by neutral observers as an omen of Greek defeat, preceded weeks of German air superiority across Greece and highlights official negligence over unloading a TNT cargo amid a moonlit raid.
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Sy J. Wes Gallagher
Athens
Berlin
Piraeus
Greece
Varder River Valley
Adriatic
Fom Mount Olympus
Peloponnesus
Calcutta
Phasus
Luftwaffe
Hydra
Psara
Epirus
Albania
Gey Returns to Camp Ord After Medical Review
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Gey of the 147th Field Artillery, National Guard, was notified yesterday of a medical examination decision and will return to his unit at Camp Ord after appeals. The nonelected report confirms his reappointment to service with the Army’s state bridge engineering unit pending final clearance.
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Scurr
Army Service Pier
Kenneth Gey
147Th Field Artillery
National Guard
Camp Ord
Comedy Chosen For Final Play At Huron College
Ivor Novello comedy Fresh Fields in three acts has been chosen by Huron College Campus Players for the year’s third production. Slated Monday June 3, the revival of the commencement play follows plans for a cast under George Henigan who directs. The plot centers on two sisters who inherit a Belgravian mansion with luxuries but limited income, and the Pidgeon inn keeping family who move in with the sisters as guests.
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Ivor Novello
Huron College
George Henigan
Mary Crabbe
Lillian Bedworthy
Mary
Australia
Pidgeon
Crabbe
Syith
Oldest convict seeks commutation for early release
Pierre May 9 A 75 year old lifer Tyase McGoon seeks pardon to commute his life sentence to 35 years in hopes of immediate release. Convicted in 1909 for double murder near Kadoka after a drunken brawl and subsequent concealment of bodies, he argues he has paid his debt. A letter from a key witness’s wife opposes his release, citing distrust and danger.
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Lifer
Pierre
Tyase McGoon
Ore
John Guchin
William de ‘Janey
Sioux
Apart Merritt
Niobrara
Neb
Sioux Falls
Goodin
Toney
Sioux City
South Dakota
Mackenzie on Tobruk and Crete as critical Allied bases
The article argues Tobruk and Crete form a strategic axis linking land forces, warships, and air power. It highlights their value for defending Egypt and enabling offensives toward the Suez Canal and the Near East, with routes that place ships near Tobruk, Crete, and the Black Sea, shaping Allied options against Axis moves.
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Egypt
Maty Sea
Tobruk
Suea Canal
Crate
Near East
Aegean
Zea
Dardane
Black Sea
Libya
Suez Canal
Ries
Near
Turkey
Syri
Crete
Cret
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U. G. Johnson
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Romeo
Earl Archer
Arenusae U
Downs
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Kansas City
Archer
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Helen Linger
Nea Tefephatad
Byrd Base
Oss Ge
U. S. Antarctic Service
NEA
Antarctic
Army
Harkless Boys
Peoria
Burrell
John
Weldon
Maj. L. N. Bittinger
Downstate
Illinois
Pelective Service
Leonard
Bred
Iraq
Basra
Persian Gulf
Asia Minor
Howard Johnson
Cresbard
Pisicens
CSM Young Vtists
Faulk County
Howard
Cresbard High School
University of Texas
University
Associated Press
J. Wes Gai-lagher
Wbder
MacKenzie
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